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GPSMAP 700 Series Owner’s Manual
Device Configuration
Setting the GPS Accuracy Error Alarm
You can set an alarm to sound when the GPS location accuracy falls outside the user-defined value.
1. From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Alarms
>
System
>
GPS Accuracy
>
on
.
2. Enter the GPS location accuracy that triggers the alarm.
3. Select
Done
.
Setting the Total Fuel Onboard Alarm
The chartplotter must be connected to an external fuel sensor to capture fuel data.
You can set an alarm to sound when the total amount of remaining onboard fuel reaches the level you specify.
1. From the Home screen, select
Configure
>
Alarms
>
Fuel
>
Total Fuel onboard
>
on
.
2. Enter the amount of fuel that triggers the alarm.
3. Select
Done
.
Collision Alarm
See “Setting the Safe-zone Collision Alarm” (
).
Setting Sonar Alarms
See “Sonar Alarms” (
).
Setting Weather Alarms
See the
GPSMAP 700 Series XM WX Satellite Weather
®
and XM Satellite Radio Supplement
(North America
only).
Chartplotter Data Management
Copying Waypoints, Routes, and Tracks to a Chartplotter
Before you copy MapSource
®
or HomePort data to a chartplotter, you must complete the following actions:
• The first time that you use a memory card to copy HomePort or MapSource
®
data to a chartplotter, you
must prepare the memory card by inserting it into the chartplotter and allowing the chartplotter to place a
file on it. This file provides information to HomePort or to MapSource to format the data.
• Check the MapSource version on your computer by clicking
Help
>
About MapSource
. If the software
version is older than 6.12.2, update to the current version by clicking
Help
>
Check for Software
Updates
.
1. Complete an action:
• Copy the data from HomePort to the prepared memory card (using an SD card reader attached to the
computer) according to the process described in the HomePort Help system.
• Copy the data from MapSource to the prepared memory card (using an SD card reader attached to the
computer) according to the process described in the MapSource Help system.
2. Copy the data from the data card to the chartplotter. See “Copying Data from a Data Card”
).
Copying Data from a Data Card
1. Insert a data card into the SD card slot on the chartplotter.
2. From the Home screen, select
Information
>
User Data
>
Data Transfer
>
Card
.
3. Complete an action:
• Select
Merge From Card
to transfer data from the data card to the chartplotter and combine it with
existing user data.
• Select
Replace From Card
to transfer data from the data card to the chartplotter and overwrite existing
user data on the chartplotter.
4. Select the file name from the list if multiple files are listed.